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Alex Wilson calls Bullitt Center "one of the most important commercial buildings of the past 50 years"
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23.5.2013 |
TreeHugger |
The BuildingGreen founder says it is " almost certainly the greenest office building in America if not the world." |
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[flenvcenter :: Design and Architecture]
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Top 10 green buildings of 2013
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23.5.2013 |
Business Operations | GreenBiz.com |
| Half of the top 10 buildings chosen as exemplary green design for 2013 are in California, including a revamped warehouse in San Francisco.   |
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[flenvcenter :: Green Jobs]
[flenvcenter :: Green Jobs]
[flenvcenter :: Design and Architecture]
[flenvcenter :: Conservation and Efficiency]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: Conservation and Efficiency]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
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Sustainable purchasing gets its own umbrella organization
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23.5.2013 |
Business Operations | GreenBiz.com |
| The Sustainable Purchasing Council is creating a framework for sustainable purchasing mirroring the LEED system for green buildings.   |
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[flenvcenter :: Lifestyle and Psychology]
[flenvcenter :: Lifestyle and Psychology]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: Green Purchasing]
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China Environmental News Alert
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23.5.2013 |
Switchboard, from NRDC |
| Greenlaw from NRDC China, NRDC China Program, Beijing:
May 17, 2013- May 23, 2013 NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental law, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News Alert is... |
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[flenvcenter :: Small-Scale]
[flenvcenter :: Biodiversity]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: General]
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Buildings move faster toward net zero
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22.5.2013 |
Energy & Climate | Greenbiz.com |
| At last week's Living Future conference, engineers and architects discussed designing and operating buildings that achieve net zero energy use.   |
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[flenvcenter :: General]
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[flenvcenter :: Environment]
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Bruce S. Fowle - New York Times
(Cached)
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22.5.2013 |
google news |
| Bruce S. Fowle
New York Times
We know that we can make buildings at least 50 to 60 percent more efficient than they are now — and that's by everything from the type of lighting fixtures, the efficiency of the mechanical equipment to alternative energy wherever it's possible. It's ... ... |
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[flenvcenter :: Commercial]
[newstrust :: Building]
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China Looks to Ramp Up Energy-Saving Retrofits
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21.5.2013 |
Switchboard, from NRDC |
| Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City:
When the posh architectural firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill designed the Chemsunny World Trade Center in Beijing, it was more efficient than a typical glass-walled luxury building in China. The fifteen-story building, formed of three connected towers, boasted a 50,000-square-meter... |
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[flenvcenter :: Commercial]
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Can JUST label bring social justice to building materials?
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21.5.2013 |
Business Operations | GreenBiz.com |
| The JUST label for building materials addresses social justice and equity issues, including diversity, worker rights, health care and occupational safety.   |
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[flenvcenter :: Green Jobs]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: Community]
[flenvcenter :: Green Jobs]
[flenvcenter :: Design and Architecture]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: Community]
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Leeds girl 'lucky to be alive' after crash
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20.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Maine |
| Leeds girl 'lucky to be alive' after crash |
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[nwct :: Healthcare_US]
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We're Seeing Green
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18.5.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| In case you missed the memo, climate change is happening. Luckily those of us who wish to wise up and cut down on our energy... |
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[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
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[flenvcenter :: Commercial]
[flenvcenter :: Design and Architecture]
[flenvcenter :: Commercial]
[flenvcenter :: Residential]
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3 myths about product life cycle assessments
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17.5.2013 |
Business Operations | GreenBiz.com |
| These three persistent myths about LCA each have a grain of truth, but also a fundamental misunderstanding.   |
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[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: Green Purchasing]
[flenvcenter :: Design and Architecture]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: Green Purchasing]
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Cupertino: De Anza College's MLC wins award for design, energy efficiency
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17.5.2013 |
San Jose Mercury News: San Jose/Valley |
| De Anza College's new Media and Learning Center has won a citation for energy performance from the San Francisco chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. The award honors built work that demonstrates how deep reductions in energy use are essential to good design in the 21st century. |
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[phantomvish :: All Srcs]
[flenvcenter :: Art and Literature]
[subbutest :: All Srcs]
[flenvcenter :: Campus]
[newstrust :: Businesses]
[newstrust :: Building]
[newstrust :: Green Power]
[demo :: Solar]
[newstrust :: Higher Education]
[flenvcenter :: Conservation and Efficiency]
[flenvcenter :: Solar]
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LEED Bashing: Plastic People trying to slip "Trojan Horse" amendments to gut LEED certification
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16.5.2013 |
TreeHugger |
Big Chem never misses a chance to try and keep plastics in green building. |
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[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: Community]
[flenvcenter :: Art and Literature]
[flenvcenter :: Design and Architecture]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: Community]
[flenvcenter :: Art and Literature]
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Can you survive the 5 tectonic shifts to the business landscape?
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15.5.2013 |
Energy & Climate | Greenbiz.com |
| In this Q&A, the author of "The Upside of Down" shares how his concept of societal resilience can help companies prepare for change.   |
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[flenvcenter :: Commercial]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
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NRDC China Environmental News Alert (May 11, 2013)
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13.5.2013 |
Switchboard, from NRDC |
| Greenlaw from NRDC China, NRDC China Program, Beijing:
May 2-9, 2013NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental law, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News Alert is a compilation of news... |
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[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: Air Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
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British Police Deny Protecting Jimmy Savile
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10.5.2013 |
NYT > World |
| British Police Deny Protecting Jimmy Savile |
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Promoting Transportation Innovation: Champions of Change
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9.5.2013 |
Switchboard, from NRDC |
| Deron Lovaas, Federal Transportation Policy Director, Washington, D.C.:
Yesterday I participated in an uplifting ceremony at the White House’s Eisenhower Executive Office Building – the latest installment in the Obama Administration’s “Champions of Change” program, with a special focus on transportation leaders across the country. While politicians down... |
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[flenvcenter :: Commercial]
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Quotes of the Day: Joe Lstiburek on the good, the bad and the ugly side of buildings
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9.5.2013 |
TreeHugger |
Andrew Michler does a great interview of the building science consultant in Inhabitat |
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[flenvcenter :: Design and Architecture]
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What Chinese cities can teach US about sustainable innovation
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8.5.2013 |
Business Operations | GreenBiz.com |
| Chinese cities are experimenting with ways to maximize EV development and deployment, green building and a locally tailored carbon market.   |
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[flenvcenter :: Green Purchasing]
[flenvcenter :: Community]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: Green Purchasing]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Design and Architecture]
[flenvcenter :: Community]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: General]
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$40B in energy savings hiding in US commercial buildings
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8.5.2013 |
Energy & Climate | Greenbiz.com |
| The federal government estimates we can save $40 billion annually by reducing energy use in commercial buildings 20 percent by 2020.   |
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[flenvcenter :: Commercial]
[flenvcenter :: Commercial]
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[flenvcenter :: Environment]
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